What's the name of the new T-ara single?
In aggregate it seems to be "Do You Know Me?" at least in translation. But the first track (ballad) and second (dance) have different Korean names, with the title "What Should I Do?" sometimes showing up on YouTube. Since the vid uses both versions, I'm not really separating out which is which. Maybe Wikipedia will eventually figure it out. In the meantime I'm going with "1977 Do You Know Me?" for the ballad and "What Should I Do?" for the dance. Google Translate is its usual pickled self, giving us "I Do Not Remember 1977" for "1977 기억 안나" and "I Cram" for "나 어떡해." [UPDATE: Melodically, the two parts are mostly, but not entirely, the same basic song. Combined version is off YouTube, so I've embedded the two parts separately. Google Translate now gives "What Should I Do? Chinese dance version" or "What To Do With Me MV Chinese dance version" as the second part's title, though notice the English caption on the vid is "Do You Know Me? M/V china dance ver"]
Also — the k-pop news 'n' entertainment sites are not clear on this — is there some 1977 input or origin for the song?
It seems to be a flop right out of the gate (fewer than 450,000 views for both streams after four full days), but I love it from the first instant. I still fear for the future of Jiyeon's unique aura and bearing if she continues to emote (her former uninflectedness and detachment being a form of evocative resistance, at least in my hopes), but nonetheless, in the present, I love how she and they — non-"impressive" singers — so easily brush every poignancy button, and then reprise it all as a romp.
Glad they're ending the year strong.
In aggregate it seems to be "Do You Know Me?" at least in translation. But the first track (ballad) and second (dance) have different Korean names, with the title "What Should I Do?" sometimes showing up on YouTube. Since the vid uses both versions, I'm not really separating out which is which. Maybe Wikipedia will eventually figure it out. In the meantime I'm going with "1977 Do You Know Me?" for the ballad and "What Should I Do?" for the dance. Google Translate is its usual pickled self, giving us "I Do Not Remember 1977" for "1977 기억 안나" and "I Cram" for "나 어떡해." [UPDATE: Melodically, the two parts are mostly, but not entirely, the same basic song. Combined version is off YouTube, so I've embedded the two parts separately. Google Translate now gives "What Should I Do? Chinese dance version" or "What To Do With Me MV Chinese dance version" as the second part's title, though notice the English caption on the vid is "Do You Know Me? M/V china dance ver"]
Also — the k-pop news 'n' entertainment sites are not clear on this — is there some 1977 input or origin for the song?
It seems to be a flop right out of the gate (fewer than 450,000 views for both streams after four full days), but I love it from the first instant. I still fear for the future of Jiyeon's unique aura and bearing if she continues to emote (her former uninflectedness and detachment being a form of evocative resistance, at least in my hopes), but nonetheless, in the present, I love how she and they — non-"impressive" singers — so easily brush every poignancy button, and then reprise it all as a romp.
Glad they're ending the year strong.